Rapper Nines jailed for importing 28kg of cannabis
4th October 2021
British rapper, Nines, has been jailed for importing 28kg of cannabis into the UK from Spain and Poland.
The chart-topping musician, real name Courtney Freckleton, 31, and Jason Thompson, 35, were both given 28-month sentences.
The pair had previously pleaded guilty to drugs and money laundering charges.
Sentencing them both at Harrow Crown Court, Judge Rosa Dean said: “What a waste of all of that talent, to be sat in Wormwood Scrubs.”
Last year, Nines topped the UK album chart with his record ‘Crabs In A Bucket’ and was named best hip hop act at the MOBO Awards.
The court heard the pair had been involved in one successful bid to import the class B drug, while another attempt had also been made.
-BBC